Surface Transportation

What You Need to Know

By 2020, one-third of the entire Interstate system will be congested, impairing reliability and increasing the cost of goods movement.

We lose 5.5 billion working hours per year due to traffic tie-ups.

Traffic congestion costs American consumers $121 billion a year in wasted time and fuel, and results in increased carbon dioxide emissions.

Manufacturers continue to rally support for broad-based, jobs-creating investment in upgrades, expansion and modernization of our nation's transportation network.

The NAM's efforts include advocating for increased public and private infrastructure funding, developing an interstate system focused on moving goods to market, increasing highway, bridge, rail and transit investments and capacity improvements, and supporting efforts to reduce traffic congestion.

Understand the Issue

Manufacturers need modern infrastructure to compete. Unfortunately, troubling trends have emerged over the past decade, putting our once envied infrastructure into a state of decline. This report offers a historical overview of a broad range of infrastructure investments and provides an important view into the economic benefits the U.S. economy would reap with a more concerted effort to address the nation’s infrastructure needs.

Timmons: Crumbling Infrastructure Hurting ManufacturersSpeaking on a panel organized by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the Council on Competitiveness and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons delivered a simple message for policymakers: Our nation's aging and crumbling infrastructure is impeding manufacturers' competitiveness. As the kickoff event to Infrastructure Week 2014, the panel also included other national infrastructure leaders, including U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue, Council on Competitiveness President and CEO Deborah Wince-Smith and Organization for International Investment President and CEO Nancy McLernon.

Blog written by Barry Pennypacker, President and CEO of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. At Manitowoc’s crane manufacturing facility in Shady Gove, Pennsylvania, countless truckloads of material come in and out...

Timmons: Let’s Get CAFE Correct for Manufacturers and Consumers Today, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) commended President Donald Trump for announcing that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department...

Manufacturers appreciate the balanced approach to lithium battery transportation by air as outlined in Section 615 of the H.R. 4441, the Aviation, Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act, introduced by...